25th December 2009St.Matias RasulFamily Mass @ 8.30 AMToday was X'mas time and it was the first X'mas for Fritz. We, me & my hubby, wanted to share the joy of X'mas to Fritz as a new member of the family. We went to the church nearby our house. We attended the family mass at 8.30 in the morning. We had prepared the present a day before and had wrapped it with the fancy paper so it looked nice.Three of us entered the church and it was so crowded with the sound of children there. Then...

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Yay.....Fritz is 9th months now....and so many things happens this monthHere they are:- loves to watch advertisements and he can stop his all activities when he just only heard the sound of his faves advertisements- looses his appetite so much this month and the worst is happened a week before his 9th months- learns to eat on his high chair and say bye-bye to his old chair- explores all the things he has seen...everywhere...everything....- is cranky and pamper so much....need lots attention...

Almost a month, Fritz is having difficulty in eating his meal. Everyday I got heavy stress facing his appetite. I tried many kinds of meal to him and tried to make it easy for him, still he refused to finish his meal. He only ate for 2 or 3 spoons then I should push the spoon to him to eat it. He started lost his appetite when he was going 8th months and it was getting worse everyday. Before, he could eat for 3/4 of usual meal then two days ago he just ate for 2 spoons. Then I should fight...

Since he was able to sit down (even I'm still holding his armpit to make him stable), I put him again on his tub during his bathing time. He didn't much enjoy it in the first day. Few days after, he tapped his left hand on the water. Then, he likes to splash the water now and likes to play with the floating things there...hahahhaaa...The picture was taken in the 2nd day of his bathing tub day....and still not really much enjoyed it...

Daddy has a topless partner now at home. It was taken after Fritz was having his dinner. All his shirt was getting so messy so I took it off of him. Then....tadaaaaa.....topless partner of Daddy....

Fritz has been exploring Opa's stick for a long long time ago....When Opa is walking around with his stick, Fritz always put his curiosity on it. He can't take off his eyes from it.And then his dream becomes true, he can touch the stick with his own free hands.I didn't get why he were so wondering with the stick....ck..ck..ck...

Since Fritz was a baby, I always did massage time every morning as a bonding between me and him.Then, as the time goes on, he didn't as enjoy as he was still a baby before.Now, he became so active and always wanted to move around when I tried to get massage him.Recently, he showed his refusal during it. He cried along the massage time nowadays and sometimes made me *grrr...

Sometimes I put him inside his playpen. Beside for his safety, of course, to make me easier to go here and there to do something (usually preparing the meal for him or washing his dishes) without he realized that I'm gone. He always becomes sooo busy in his playpen coz I put lots of his toys inside it to make him choosing which one is his fave ones.Talking bout his safety, now, he moves so fast from one side to other sides and that makes us worry if he will fall down from our high bed....

Few days ago, Fritz was showing his eagerness to sit down rather than lay in his lazy chair during his meal time. To avoid falling down or something bad happen to him, I decided to put him on his high chair though he wasn't stable enough to sit by himself.After few days, he got use to with his new high chair. He is able to sit nicely there.So, his lazy chair will be old fashioned for him. Then...bye-bye dear old chair which always accompanied Fritz since he was 3 months o...

We don't need to buy expensive toys for children actually. With common things around us, they can explore much more than we think. I almost never bought expensive toys for Fritz as we didn't have enough budget to do. If I should buy it, I prefer the useful ones. The toys had we bought was the piano toy with lots of songs and animals' sound (he can listen more than one song and the sound of more than one animal) and the beach ball. And the cost was under one hundred rupiah of course. Heehhehe....The...

Welcoming December month, means Christmas time!Finally, we arrive to the end of the year and will be coming the new year. I love December so much while half of people in the world celebrate Christmas together. Even Jakarta is not the one who decorate it's city with lots of decorated tree (only malls who decorate it well to attract the people to come) and snow is coming through, but I like the breeze of Christmas.Long time ago, when I was a little, I always face the Christmas time with...

The hardest lesson that people have learned is being a parent and mom especially. Yes we can find lots of books that related to parenting ones but nothing can figure it out how to teach and grow children by facing it with the children. I mean, books contain theories and growing children isn't easy as theories, right!Since I have Fritz, I'm trying hard to learn lots bout parenting. How to deal with a little born baby until now he is almost 9 months. I was the one who taking care of him...

This is Fritz's face when he woke up in the morning. Actually this wasn't exactly the first face when he had just opened his eyes. It was the face when he had woken up for almost 5 minutes after.He usually wakes up early in the morning, not really early. He wakes up at 6.30 and the late wake is 7.30.Sometimes he plays with Daddy after that but sometimes Daddy has gone early so left him in his b...

Ingredients:2 tablespoons macaroni1 tablespoon ground beef1/4 carrot, chopped1 tablespoon of cornstarch, dissolved in 2 tablespoons of water 1 tablespoon of light extra virgin oil1/2 tomato, peeled the skin1 red onion, sliced1 garlic, slicedDirections:- Boiled macaroni until tender, set aside- boiled beef and carrots with water and leave up to 150 cc stock - heat oil, saute onion and garlic until fragrant - put the tomatoes and saute until slightly wilted - put the macaroni and beef broth...

6th December 2009Lunch time @ Kampoeng AerAlam SuteraDecember is coming and two of our families members are celebrating their birthdays. My brother is celebrating on 5th and my nephew in law (ii Ling2) is on 1st of December. Then my mom decided to ask her to celebrate it together in one place. On Sunday, we decided to choose Kampoeng Aer in Alam Sutera as our lunch place.Fritz spent the day with full of joy and laughter with uncle Tito and ii Ling2...We were in the same car with them and...

In his 7th months old, I tried new recipes for him. He didn't like his Gasol powder anymore so, I stopped to give him that. I decided to give him new menu this month. I started on 25th October in the afternoon. I made a rice cereal for him. I choose a slow cooker to cook it and it's very simple and easy.How to cook it:- Prepare the slow cooker- Take a few of rice and rinse it twice- Get red onion, garlic, scallions and celery, chopped it- Chop the chicken/meat/salmon roughly- Put all together...

Ingredients:1 pack of red Agar-agar Swallow Globe brand600 ml of liquid milk150 gr of sugar100 gr of fresh strawberry, roughly choppedDirections:- Mix the red Agar-agar, liquid milk and sugar all together- Stir well until dissolve and cook until it's boiling- Remove and put in the pudding mold together with the fresh roughly strawberry that has been put in before- Let stand until hardened pudding- Se...

Ingredients:1 pack of Agar-agar Swallow Globe brand, chocolate flavor2 tablespoons cocoa600 ml of liquid milk chocolate100 g of cooking chocolate, chopped3 tablespoons of sugar1/8 teaspoons of salt1 tablespoon cornstarch, dissolved in 2 tablespoons of waterDirections:- Mix in order the Agar-agar powder, chocolate powder, milk, cooking chocolate, sugar and salt- Put the pan on the stove, cook until boiling- Add cornstarch solution, bring to a boil again- Remove and put in the pudding mold-...

Recently, I noticed that Fritz really loves to see some advertisements in TV. He always stops his activity and stares at the TV to see those. The most (I noticed) favorites advertisements he loves to are the provider 3 and Samsung Corby cellular phone. He can totally stop his activities when he just only hears the tones.I even don't know why he can admire those advertisements so much. For me, it's such only an advertisement and maybe for him, it's really so interesting for him. The others...

Starbucks, Puri Indah Mall Noon in SundayWhat a memory!!Chit chatting with ladies, gossiping with them and laughing laughter together were the best things we spent in high school.Then the time was separated us with lots another ourselves' story and our memories was just left behind.AdEM (Association de Eight Madam)...the name of the gank in high schoolHere is the members with their story1. Cindy Damayanti (Cicil)....she was a little girl (in real word!) and she married with her 9th years...

It was a holiday so Daddy and Oma were at home. We have a plan to visit one of our relatives since she has a heart surgery and we couldn't have time to visit her at hospital so we decided to see her at home after that. She lives in our neighborhood, and quite near from our house. So we decided to go there by using 2 motorbikes.It was the first time for Fritz going somewhere using a motorbike (he still a baby boy!!).Preparation: change with the (quite) thick cloth and a cap behind it, and...

Time really flies so fast...Fritz is 8th month now...and here is the lists:- Starting to say "mama" clearly- Sleeping with odd styles and sometimes make us difficult to find the free space to sleep (coz three of us sleep together in King size bed but still it's not enough for us...*sigh*)- Reaching the things then grabbing it tightly- Reading is really one his favorite hobby (really like to see the pictures in the book and eager to grab the book to look inside)- Rolling over here and there...

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Fritz has a new fun character besides Barney and Mickey Mouse, his faves..Everyday when he gets his meals, I always turn on the TV during it to make me easier to feed him. And I choose Playhouse Disney. Why? It has lots of funny characters from Mickey Mouse Club House, Bob The Builder, Noddy (Nevio, one of my Kinderworld Montessori's student loves it so much, he can retell the story after he watched it and he just almost 3 years old 2 years ago!!), Thomas n Friends (Denzel's fave cartoon...

This morning, I wanted to try a new menu for Fritz, Chicken Creme Soup. I got this recipe from Mom on March mail. Then, I had bought the ingredients yesterday. So this morning, I prepared the things and tried to make it. And....voila!!Fritz was sitting on his own and the only one blue chair, then, Oma gave the soup to him....unbelievable, he liked it though he wasn't able to finish it.This is the recipeIngredient:40 gr chopped potatoes40 gr chopped carrots40 gr skinless, boneless chicken...

7th November 2009@Plaza CrystalUnbelievable, from a girl now being a wife and will be a mom.My beloved friend, Gabriel Indah Puspita...Our friendship started in the college. We, 9 chatty-girls-who-liked-to-do-silly-things, decided to declare our friendship by making a named for us, DWARFZ..How did we meet each other?It was so amazing. It was very difficult to tell here. That I remembered, it started when we were always making lots of silly chit chat things under the stairs in front of...

The idea was from the parenting magazine. It told that finger puppet is a nice bonding between parents and child. We can use it as a part of the story or something to ask to the child if s/he doesn't wanna do something. So, I tried to make these handmade finger animal puppets as new toys for Fritz. Surprisingly, he liked those so much.First, I made the doggy coz he likes to sing "Helly". When I showed it to Fritz, he couldn't take off his little shiny eyes to this thing...Then, I made...

29th October 2009@Hermina Hospital, JatinegaraLet me present, new member in the world, Kimi Alvaro...He is my twin cousin's son from my mom's.And his face, totally, looks like his dad.Dad loves F1 and GP motorbike's racer, so no wonder the baby boy's name sounded familiar, it took from the combination name of the racer.Getting know someone had delivered a baby, my mind always flied to the time when I had delivered my own baby.And it's really an unforgettable moment in my life.Every single...

Reading a book is one of another Fritz's favorite hobby. I didn't realize when this hobby started but I found it recently he loves to see the pictures in the book.I wanna say big thank you to one of my ex student's parents (Mam Mprit ;p) who given the English story books. Even those weren't new anymore, at least those still be used for Fritz.He really enjoys seeing all the pictures when I read the story for him. Then I gave to him when I've finished. He can see the colorful pictures there.For...

Saturday, 24th October 2009 Jul & Bea's Wedding Party @ Wisma Antara, 7PMThis was the first time for Fritz attending the wedding party of one of Dad's best friends. Like usual, Mom and Dad always came on time before the party on. So, we just waited for few minutes then the party was began.Jreng...Jreng...Suddenly, Fritz were crying...ooouwww....He really didn't get used to with the loud voice coming out from the speakers.We tried to make him calm by getting out from the venue.He still...

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